page_title: Cinnyris
hierarchical_section_title: Cinnyris
caption_attribution_description: English: Souimanga sunbird (Cinnyris sovimanga apolis) male, Toliara, Madagascar
context_page_description: Cinnyris is a genus of sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia. They are generally known as double-collared sunbirds because the fringe of their bib usually includes a band of contrastingly coloured feathers.
  The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.
  The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1816. The type species was subsequently designated as the splendid sunbird. The name Cinnyris is from the Ancient Greek kinnuris, an unknown small bird mentioned by Hesychius of Alexandria.
  It is suspected that the genus is polyphyletic and the positions of many are unresolved:
  The genus contains 56 species:
  Olive-bellied sunbird, Cinnyris chloropygius
  Tiny sunbird, Cinnyris minullus
  Eastern Miombo sunbird, Cinnyris manoensis
  Western Miombo sunbird, Cinnyris gertrudis – split from eastern Miombo sunbird
  Southern double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris chalybeus
  Neergaard's sunbird, Cinnyris neergaardi
context_section_description: Cinnyris is a genus of sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia. They are generally known as double-collared sunbirds because the fringe of their bib usually includes a band of contrastingly coloured feathers.
  The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.
  The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1816. The type species was subsequently designated as the splendid sunbird. The name Cinnyris is from the Ancient Greek kinnuris, an unknown small bird mentioned by Hesychius of Alexandria.
  It is suspected that the genus is polyphyletic and the positions of many are unresolved:
  The genus contains 56 species:
  Olive-bellied sunbird, Cinnyris chloropygius
  Tiny sunbird, Cinnyris minullus
  Eastern Miombo sunbird, Cinnyris manoensis
  Western Miombo sunbird, Cinnyris gertrudis – split from eastern Miombo sunbird
  Southern double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris chalybeus
  Neergaard's sunbird, Cinnyris neergaardi
  Rwenzori double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris stuhlmanni
  Whyte’s double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris whytei – split from Ludwig's double-collared sunbird
  Prigogine's double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris prigoginei
  Ludwig's double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris ludovicensis
  Northern double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris reichenowi
  Greater double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris afer
  Regal sunbird, Cinnyris regius
  Rockefeller's sunbird, Cinnyris rockefelleri
  Eastern double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris mediocris
  Usambara double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris usambaricus – split from eastern double-collared sunbird
  Forest double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris fuelleborni
  Moreau's sunbird, Cinnyris moreaui
  Beautiful sunbird, Cinnyris pulchellus
  Loveridge's sunbird, Cinnyris loveridgei
  Marico sunbird, Cinnyris mariquensis
  Shelley's sunbird, Cinnyris shelleyi
  Hofmann's sunbird, Cinnyris hofmanni
  Congo sunbird, Cinnyris congensis
  Red-chested sunbird, Cinnyris erythrocerca
  Black-bellied sunbird, Cinnyris nectarinioides
  Purple-banded sunbird, Cinnyris bifasciatus
  Tsavo sunbird, Cinnyris tsavoensis - sometimes included in  C. bifasciatus
  Violet-breasted sunbird, Cinnyris chalcomelas
  Pemba sunbird, Cinnyris pembae
  Orange-tufted sunbird, Cinnyris bouvieri
  Palestine sunbird, Cinnyris oseus
  Shining sunbird, Cinnyris habessinicus
  Splendid sunbird, Cinnyris coccinigaster
  Johanna's sunbird, Cinnyris johannae
  Superb sunbird, Cinnyris superbus
  Rufous-winged sunbird, Cinnyris rufipennis
  Oustalet's sunbird, Cinnyris oustaleti
  White-bellied sunbird, Cinnyris talatala
  Variable sunbird, Cinnyris venustus
  Dusky sunbird, Cinnyris fuscus
  Ursula's sunbird, Cinnyris ursulae
  Bates's sunbird, Cinnyris batesi
  Copper sunbird, Cinnyris cupreus
  Purple sunbird, Cinnyris asiaticus
  Olive-backed sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis
  Apricot-breasted sunbird, Cinnyris buettikoferi
  Flame-breasted sunbird, Cinnyris solaris
  Souimanga sunbird, Cinnyris sovimanga
  Abbott's sunbird, Cinnyris abbotti
  Seychelles sunbird, Cinnyris dussumieri
  Malagasy green sunbird, Cinnyris notatus
  Humblot's sunbird, Cinnyris humbloti
  Anjouan sunbird, Cinnyris comorensis
  Mayotte sunbird, Cinnyris coquerellii
  Loten's sunbird, Cinnyris lotenius
caption: male Cinnyris sovimanga apolis
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